January 10, 2015, 8:30AM

Tuesday was chef Leah Chase's 92nd birthday, and I had plans to meet my brother Larry, my sister-in-law Mary Alyce, and their grandson Sean at Dooky Chase for lunch. Larry and Mary Alyce moved to New Orleans earlier this year, and Sean, 12, was visiting from Los Angeles. I wanted them to experience the iconic Creole restaurant in Treme, to see... Full story »

January 11, 2013, 3:05PM

January 04, 2013, 5:57PM

Leah Chase, the matriarch of Creole cuisine, was the guest of honor Friday at three back-to-back meals held to celebrate her 90th birthday. But that couldn’t keep her out of the kitchen at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, the Orleans Avenue eatery where she has been working since the 1940s. “I started cooking yesterday,” she said shortly after leaving the steamy... Full story »